GLT EDUCATION STAFF 2011—2012

Director of Education Daniel HahnResidency Supervisor Lisa Ortenzi

Associate Residency Supervisor David HansenEducation Associate Kelly Shaffer Florian

Actor-Teachers Katelyn Corenlius Melissa T. Crum Tim Keo Debbie Keppler Brian McNally Randy Muchowski Eric Perusek Carrie Williams

2012 Surround: Bringing the Classics to the Community

Outreach Tour: The Mysterious Affair at StylesThe 2012 Outreach Tour, the world premiere of Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles adapted by GLT Education Staff Member David Hansen, traveled to 21 loca-tions throughout Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Summit Counties.

Student Designed Lobby Exhibit: Love at First Sight In February 2012, Great Lakes Theater pro-vided two workshops for 33 artists enrolled at TrueNorth Cultural Arts in Sheffield Village. This workshop provided an in-depth exploration of Romeo & Juliet, including interactive participation, theater exercises and readings from the play. Over the next several weeks, the artists com-posed original artwork inspired by Romeo & Juliet. Twenty-six of the resulting works were displayed in the lobby of the Hanna Theatre and experienced by 9,827 audience members during GLT’s Romeo & Juliet in April 2012.

Great Lakes Theater is grateful for the support of foundations, corporations, and individuals whose contributions have helped us successfully bring classic theater arts education to almost 44,000 students and adults throughout the region in 2011-2012.

The Abington Foundation The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationThe Cleveland FoundationThe George W. Codrington Foundation The Collacott FoundationThe Community Foundation of Lorain CountyCuyahoga Arts and CultureDominion FoundationEaton Corporation Ernst & Young, LLPThe Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationThe GAR FoundationThe George Gund FoundationGiant Eagle FoundationLeonard Krieger Fund The Martha Holden Jennings FoundationThe Laub FoundationVictor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation TrustDavid and Inez Myers Foundation of Cleveland, OHNord Family Foundation Nordson Corporation FoundationThe Ohio Arts CouncilPNC FoundationThe George E. and Marjorie E. Springer Memorial FundThe Thomas H. White Foundation... plus more than 500 individual donors!

The All-City Musical Footloose

For thirteen years, the Cleveland Metropolitan School Dis-trict (CMSD) in association with Great Lakes Theater have brought together powerfully talented high school students from all over the district to perform classic American musi-cals like Guys and Dolls, West Side Story and Dreamgirls.

CAMP THEATRE!In cooperation with Berea High School, GLTF professional

teaching artists conducted a two-week summer arts camp for students aged 4 -18.

Over 86 campers drama-tized classic literature and children’s stories, created improvised scenework, par-ticipated in stage make-up and combat workshops, made new friends and had a great deal of fun!

Left: Kaitlyn Tomeo (5) from Parma, playing a fox in an actor-camper created fable.

This series of free, public events illuminated themes and issues from spring productions William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.

“This charming, funny and smart play is a quick-paced gem ... a grand night of theater.”

- Marjorie Preston, Sun News

2,752 individuals attended at 21 community venues in Lorain, Summit and Cuyahoga Counties including 5 high schools and 1 community college. 2012 tour attendance marks an astonishing 78% increase over the previous year, and setting a tour attendance record. The script has since been published by Playscripts Inc., another first for a GLT outreach touring production

Artwork such as this were displayed in the lobby of the Hanna Theatre and experienced by 9,827 audience members during GLT’s “Romeo & Juliet”.

Bardstock FM: Back By Popular Demand! 75 students applied for the Bardstock FM songwriting contest, which returned after a two-year hiatus, to create original songs inspired by Romeo & Juliet. The 5 grand-prize winners appeared on WCPN 90.3 FM ideastream’s Around Noon with Dee Perry to discuss their compositions.

On May 22, Cleveland’s own pop music legend Eric Carmen visited a rehearsal and was serenaded by the cast with his own composition, “Almost Paradise.” Carmen pictured above warmly greeted leads Warren Franklin III and Da’Chelle Porter.

From Left: James Rankin as Capt. Hastings andDavid Hansen as Hercule Poirot at Cuyahoga Valley Art Center.

LCCC Student Play Writing Festival:Suit the Word to the Action

Lorain County Community College annual playwriting contest was produced by GLT Education Director Daniel Hahn and adjudicated by area professional playwrights in May, 2012. The grand prize-winning play was The Crossbow by Eilenah Moon (pictured below, second from right with all participating student playwrights.)

Left: Solon High School sophomore Alex Berko at the Steinway piano in the Key Bank Recording Studio at IdeaCenter, performing his Bardstock FM award-winning solo composition, “The Beginning of the End”.

2011-2012 SCORECARDResidency Program: 15,009 students served in 592 classrooms in 82 schools.Matinee Series: 17,759 students attendedOutreach Tour: 2,752 audience members Lobby Exhibit: 26 student artists

“A Christmas Carol” Contest: 3,500 new writers, and 28 student playwright winnersCamp Theater: 86 artist campersAll-City Musical: 59 CMSD student performers and 4,131 audience membersESU National Shakespeare Competition: Workshops for 340 students

School Residency Program For three decades, educators throughout the region have come to expect GLT actor-teachers to lead their students through an exciting, professional week-long exploration of classic drama.

In 2011-2012, 15,009 students in 82 schools in 592 class-rooms brandished swords, performed key scenes from Shakespeare and other great playwrights, and made the important connections between classic literature and their own lives.

A Note from the Director of Education

Dear Friends:

It’s been quite a year at Great Lakes Theater! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of a regional theater company that was essentially founded on an education program is quite an achievement. It’s worth remembering that in 1962, Lakewood school board president Dorothy Teare offered director Arthur Lithgow free rent to present Shakespearean plays in the Lakewood Civic Audi-torium, if in exchange his acting company would provide free performances for students in early September. Lithgow gladly accepted, and every season since that historic decision, Great Lakes has thrilled thousands of students with professional productions of world class theater.

Today, our education program continues to flourish with the support of so many in the community. Actor-teachers bring the classics to life in class-rooms throughout the state, teachers plan field trips to the beautifully renovated Hanna Theatre, free outreach touring plays are presented through-out Cuyahoga, Lorain and Summit counties, and students connect to the timeless themes in classic drama through a myriad of educational opportunities. It is because of the generosity of our many supporters that we can continue to touch the lives of so many with enriching, arts-based experiences. On behalf of the tens of thousands of individuals in our commu-nity who benefit from your generosity, I thank you.

Sincerely, Daniel HahnDirector of Education

EDUCATIONANNUAL REPORT

2011—2012

Student Matinee Series17,759 students from 17 counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania attended five of GLT’s 2011-2012 main stage productions in the Hanna and Ohio Theatres.

Encouraging participation from all students: A student from the Lawrence School in Sagamore Hills wrote: We all felt like we were doing well because they would compliment us about what we did. If we needed improvement, they were patient with us and helped us feel comfortable, so we could perform with more confidence.

Our comprehensive lesson plan: Dr. Scott Miller, Cleveland School of the Arts (CMSD): It is clear that you understand schools and students. You know how to work within our environment and obviously know how to train your actor teachers how to relate to young people. You make Shake-speare fun, relevant, artistically dynamic and very personal to the students.

“Fantastic performance – one of the BEST I’ve ever seen!” –Cindy Newman, Chardon High School Teacher

“A Christmas Carol” Writing ContestOver 3,500 students participated in this contest for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students from Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools, which required them to write about themes in Charles Dickens’ story. 28 school winners’ literary achievements were celebrated following two spe-cial matinees of “A Christmas Carol” as they were brought onstage to meet the actors, to the thunderous applause of 1,898 of their fellow students in the audience.

Pictured: Award-winning writer and Louis Agassiz School student Melissa Dang (second from right) and family with

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.

School Residency Program

All-City Musical

Outreach Tour

Freshman at Solon High are coached to perform a sword fight from “Romeo & Juliet”.

NEW Collaborative Programs!

Additional educational programming included the Gil-gamesh Project in partnership with Cuyahoga Community College; Crossroads, a program of self-discovery for youth working to defeat substance abuse, in partnership with Lake County Juvenile Court; Medical Workshops designed for medical professionals to learn trust and empathy, produced in partnership with Baldwin Wallace University, University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic.

In total, Great Lakes Theater’s educational programming served almost 44,000 stu-dents and adults in 2011-2012.

Scene from GLT’s “The Taming of the Shrew” (2011)

The Awards Dinner was held December 10, where 6 grand prize-winning students were feted, accompanied by family members and teachers, representatives from CMSD, Cleve-land Mayor Frank Jackson, acting company members from “A Christmas Carol” and Great Lakes Theater staff including Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee.

Great Lakes Theater’s mission: To bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classictheater to the widest possible audience.

Pictured: Student from “A Christmas Carol” workshopat Stan Hywet Hall in Akron.